Fall of the Mughal Empire v3.c36.s9.13

v3.c36.s9.13

The field being thus cleared and the last trace of opposition being removed, Mirzā Najaf Khan, at the Emperor's invitation, presented himself again at Court (16th Nov.) His thanks-offering consisted of two lakhs of Rupees in cash and some trays of jewels, besides twenty suits of costly apparel and five horses on behalf of his sister. The last repinings of Shah Alam for his favourite's fate were smothered under this load of gold, and he appointed Najaf Khan as his Regent Plenipotentiary (*Wakil-i-mutlaq.*) The other high posts so long held by Ahad were now transferred—the Second Paymastership to Prince Jahandar Shah, the command of the artillery to Prince Farkhunda Bakht, and the Superintendence of the Select Audience *cum* the diwani of the Crownlands to Prince Akbar Shah, nominally. But Najaf Khan as the deputy of these three princes henceforth became all in all in the actual administration; all *parwanahs* were to bear his seal, and all *sanads* that of the Wazir, whose deputy and substitute at Court was Najaf.